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The Actor Ichikawa Aragōrō as Yoshida no Matsuwaka-Maru

Utagawa Toyokuni I

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image depicts a Japanese woodblock print of a man in traditional clothing. The man is standing with his body facing left and his head turned to look back over his left shoulder. He has black hair pulled back and wears a kimono with a pink lining and a brown, gold, and pink patterned outer layer. His kimono is wrapped to the right side. The man stands on a yellow ground with some grass at his feet. In the background, there are wavy lines representing water and a beige sky. A vertical rectangle with Japanese characters is in the upper right corner. Three more sets of Japanese characters are on the right side. A small circular symbol is at the bottom right.

Artwork Details

Date
1769–1825
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Culture
Japan
Dimensions
276 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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